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“Ghostbusters, 0 B.C.”

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A Photoshop contest asked me what it would look like if my favorite movie took place in another era. This was my answer.

Mike Phirman is a comedian/musician/Photoshop Jedi and has just signed on as a Nerdist contributor! Get his amazing music here.

HARDWICK’S NOTE: YES. This pic has been around for years. Phirman made it for a Fark contest (which he surprisingly didn’t win but I think came in second). I love it so much I just wanted to use it as his launching point.

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The picture on this post seems to be broken. I’m only seeing the top of a picture frame, not the full picture. Do you have a link to this somewhere else? I like to post this online at least once a year (Easter), and I’d like to start posting a link related to Mike Phirman since he’s the original artist. But I didn’t see a copy of it on his website. Thanks!

Mike, no insult was intended and I realize that saying “stealing” outright wasn’t the most tactful way to question the originality of the picture. But there’s also not really a tactful way to ask that question, especially when talking about an old and oft repeated Internet meme.

So my apologies if the initial question was a bit abrasive, and thanks for the link. Glad to finally put a name to an image that my friends and I have loved for years!

Phantastic Photoshop Phirman! I love it!! I am sorry people accused you of stealing. Chris has already told us that you are a Jedi with Photoshop, so I believe you when you say you created this brilliant work of art! Also, congrats on becoming a contributor, Mike! Yaaaaaaay!

Hi guys,
I totally understand why it’s hard to believe I made that picture. You don’t know me; you don’t know that I’m somebody that would absolutely NOT take credit for someone else’s work; and that picture has been around the internet for a long time. Since January 31, 2004 to be exact.

To prove that I actually made the original “Ghostbusters catching Jesus” picture (short of sending you the original .psd), here is the Fark.com contest for which I made it. Though most of the pictures (including it) have been removed, please note the contest Theme on top and that I posted “something” at 08:54:01 AM.

Now before you say, “Proof? There’s no picture there. That could have been anything,” go to the next page and find the comment: “Good one Phirm! I guess the title of that would be Holy Ghostbusters?” (03:47:00 PM)

That was on Jan. 31, 2004. You won’t find any postings or references to that picture before that.

Since it was for a contest, I didn’t put my name on the actual picture, and immediately, people started putting theirs and their logos on it. While I love that people like it, it’s kind of a bummer to see something of yours get swept away without your name on it.

(See it happening today: I just put a video up on YouTube last week called “Chicken Monkey Duck” that someone has already reposted on their account, but only after trimming my name off the beginning and end.)

As far as the title, I suppose technically it would be either “0 A.D.” or “0 C.E.” (since it’s, like, a few days after he died (and “33 A.D.” would be 33 years after that picture)), or “0 -33, B.C.” since it’s 33 years after “before Christ”. “illuminaughty” was probably right—I should have just stuck with “Holy Ghostbusters”. Maybe wordpress will let me change it…

Mike, Andrew: I LITERALLY watched Phirman made this picture in his apartment in Westwood years ago. He made it for a Fark contest. I’m actually shocked it didn’t win (I think some chariot race with “Gone In Sixty Seconds” won–CLEARLY inferior).

Mike is the NICEST most genuine guy in the world and I don’t particularly appreciate the accusations of thievery.